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B100262/2026

P10_TA(2026)0185

European Parliament resolution on Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

(2026/2733(RSP))

PE783.303

European Parliament resolution of 21 May 2026 on the repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran (2026/2733(RSP))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to its previous resolutions on the Islamic Republic of Iran,

– having regard to Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the Iranian people facefaced the largest mass killingmurder of protesters in the country’s history following the 2025-2026 uprising, withnumbering executions,in the tens of thousands, including at least 236 minors, as well as mass arrestsdetentions, executions, torture and daily terror; whereas Iran has the world’s highest death sentence rate per capita; whereas the regime is using the ongoing war as a cover to accelerate executions even further;

B. whereas the UN FactInternational FindingIndependent Fact-Finding Mission inon Iran (FFM) warned that the repression may amount to crimes against humanity;

C. whereas in March,March 2026, authorities began executing the January protesters following sham prosecutions,prosecutions based on confessions obtained underthrough torture, sexual violence, broadcasted forced confessions and mock executions;

whereas the outbreak of the Israeli-US Iran war in February 2026 provided the regime with a cover to accelerate executions without international scrutiny;

D. whereas the regime disproportionately targets religious and ethnic minorities, including Ahwazis, Afghans, Azeris, Baha’is, Baluchis, Christians, Jews, Kurds, Sunnis and Zoroastrians; whereas the regime has intensified its campaign against women’s rights activists, journalists and human rights defenders;

whereas the regime disproportionately targets ethnic and religious minorities, including Kurds, Baluchis, Ahwazi, Christians, Afghans, Azeris, and Baha'is; whereas the regime intensified campaign against women’s rights activists, journalists, and human rights defenders;

1. Expresses its solidarity with the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom, democracy and human rights;

Expresses its solidarity with the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights;

2. Condemns the regime’s accelerating repression and use of the death penalty to deter political mobilisation; demands that executions be stopped immediately and the death penalty be fully abolished;

Strongly condemns the accelerating use of the death penalty to deter political mobilisation through a climate of fear and demands its full abolition;

3. Deplores the secret execution of dissidents in March and April 2026, particularly minors; pays tribute to the remarkable bravery of those executed;

Deplores the secret execution of dissidents in March and April; pays tribute to the remarkable bravery and steadfastness of those executed;

4. Demands the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in detention and accountability for violence committed there;

Demands immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners;

5. Highlights how the arrests of Peyvand and Borna Naimi from the Baha`i community exemplify once more the regime`s brutal repression against minorities and calls for their immediate and unconditional release;

6. Calls on the Council to significantly expand targeted sanctions against Iranian officials responsible for the repression, including members of the judiciary, prison administration, the IRGC andIslamic entitiesRevolutionary actingGuard onCorps behalf(IRGC) ofand theentities Officeassociated ofwith the Supreme Leader;

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8. Urges Member States to close Iranian diplomatic missions associated with transnational repression;

9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to close sanctionsgaps enforcementin gaps;sanctions enforcement;

10. Calls on Member States to ensure the UN Fact Finding Mission in IranFFM receives adequate resources and to share information with it;it stressesand thatestablish evidencea musttribunal befor preservedIran to enablepursue accountability proceedings;and universal jurisdiction in European courts;

Calls on the EU and Member States to lead efforts at the UN to establish a tribunal for Iran, to pursue international accountability and universal jurisdiction in European courts;

11. Condemns the internet blackout imposed in Iran and calls for the EU and like-minded partners to provide Iranians with tools for secure internet access;

Demands restoration of internet access in Iran and calls for EU support to provide circumvention tools and secure communications to Iranian civil society;

12. Calls on Member States to duly consider the vulnerability of persecuted Iranians when processing cases under national legal frameworks;

Calls on Member States to give due consideration to the vulnerability of persecuted minorities from Iran when processing individual cases under national legal frameworks;

13. Calls on the VP/HR, the Council and Member States to make human rights, the release of all political prisoners, an end to executions, and accountability for the victims core elements of any engagement to end the ongoing war;

Calls on the VP/HR, the Council and Member States to stress in communications with the parties to the US/Israel-Iran war that permanent settlement must include human rights conditions, the release of all political prisoners and an end to executions;

14. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, governments and parliaments of the Member States, and the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, and the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.